J-K police bust interstate drug racket, 3 held
Oct 12, 2024
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 12 : Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag police arrested three people and busted an interstate drug trafficking racket, police said on Saturday.
According to an official release, the police recovered 413 bottles of Codeine Phosphate (NRX), branded as Codril-T, concealed in the car's door panels.
The arrested accused were identified as Monty Singh of Bulandshahar, UP, Ashish Bardawaj, and Rahul from Chhatarpur, New Delhi.
The police said that the consignment was reportedly intended for delivery in Sopore and Srinagar. The vehicle carrying the consignment was intercepted at Doonipora Sangam.
According to the police, multiple checkpoints were established along the Delhi to Srinagar route acting on credible intelligence about a consignment of narcotic drugs being transported along the route.
Following further investigations, multiple raids were conducted, resulting in the detention of a local smuggler from Sopore for questioning. Cooperation with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in New Delhi led to a raid at a warehouse in Noida's Sector 135, where a substantial quantity of Codeine was recovered, the police said.
The key individuals behind the racket, Sachin Rana and Arun Rana from Faridabad have been identified, and efforts to apprehend them are ongoing, they added.
